People v. Chapman

The defendant drove off a mountain road at about fifty miles per hour. She and her passengers had all been drinking at a bar at the top of the mountain until shortly before the accident. She was charged with reckless driving in the Jefferson County Court and convicted by a jury of careless driving as a lesser included offense. The district court reversed. We granted certiorari and now reverse the district court judgment.

I. THE DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ERR IN REINSTATING THE APPEAL.

The defendant’s attorney failed to comply with Crim.P. 37(e) by filing her brief in the district court within…